He’d been counting down the days for over a week. How does it, the day most Christian 10-year-olds around the world look forward to for an entire year, all of a sudden, sneak up on him? He knew he was singing at the Christmas Eve Family Liturgy. Santa made an appearance in church a mere half hour before. There were evergreens, red and white pointsettias, wreaths, candles. How did he miss the signals?